1848.] The most ancient Grammar of the Vedas. 21 



Ekaranta mitrayor asmad ivan (?) namasyur ity upadha chety 

 aprikta : 1 1 



Ekaraukara-paraucha kanthyau Luchad arvag, Gotame cb aminanta I 

 Vibhva dharta vipanya kadaya matety rikare, 'py apadadibhagi II 

 Parucbepe bhisha pathety akare, eva agnim Atisbu sa plutopadha : I 

 Sacadayo ya vihita vivrittaya : plutopadhas ta anunasikopadha. II 

 Before tbe vowel beginning with a Pada, the word sacha remains un- 

 changed (Rik I. 10, 1, mandishta yad ucane Kavye saca Indro.. ; 

 X. 2, 4, so chin nu vrishtir yuthyasva sacha Indra :. . ) ; further, the 

 particle a after the terminations shu, and e, as well as after the words 

 charsbanis, charsbanibhya : mitrayor, ivan (?) namasyus. Examples are : 

 Rik IX. 7, 7, 4, ag'ig'ano amrita marthyeshv a ritasya dbar mann amri- 

 tasya charuna : ; III. 3, 5, 2 ; ayahi purvirati charshanir a arya acisha ; 

 to ekarantam probably, for example : V. 4, 4, 1 ; amenyasya ragaso yad 

 abhra a, apo. 



Further the vowels a and a in the hymns which precede those of Luca 

 (Rik X. 3, 6, 7 ;) remain further unchanged (at the final Pada) before e 

 and o ; examples : Rik I. 7, 3, 4, Ghanena ekac charan. ... ; I. 16, 8, 

 savaya eva ;. . II. 2, 3, 2 ; tasma eta bharata tad va caya esha Indro. . ; 

 IV. 4, 3, 2. sukrityaya yat svapasyaya cha eka. ... ; (X 3, 5, 5. nyup- 

 tac cha babhravo, vacam akrata emid esha nishkrita gariniva.) 



Further, with the Rishi Gotama, the word aminanta (here we may 

 adduce the following apadadibhagi, for the passage I. 13, 6, 2 says: 

 a te suparna aminanta 2 evai :) 



Further, also in the middle of the Pada, the words vibhva, dharta 

 vipanya, kada ya (or aya?), mata before the vowel ri (for example, 

 Rik IV. 4, 4, 6, vibhva ribhavo yam avishu: l II. 3, 6, 4 ; pra sim 

 adityo asrigad vidharta rita sindhavo varunasya yanti (here also in the 

 metre), the same. IV. 1, 2, 12, pra cardha artta prathama pipanya rita- 

 syo. . ; agne kada ritachit apa ya mata rinuta vraga go : i) 



With Paruchepa also the words bhisha and patha before a (I. 19, 

 7, 6. ghrinana bhisha adrivas ; ibid. 3, 9 ; jahi patha anehasa. In the 

 Atri hymns (i. e. in the 5th Mandala) eva agnim, withpluta of the first 

 vowel (V. 2, 11, 18, eva agnim vasuyava : I V. 1, 6, 10, eva agnim 

 agur. ... I The commentator gives an example for the contrary from 

 the Vasishtha Mandala.) 



In all cases (pointed out here by sacha) of the meeting of two vowels, 

 the first becomes pluta and anunasika. 



